Unknown Titus please help

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Hi I am having trouble identifying this coin I believe it's Titus Augustus but I can only find right facing examples with the Jewish slave reverse I can't find left facing like the one I have come across any help would be appreciated thanks
 

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I couldn't find it either; but then again, there were at least 45 varieties of this coin minted over a 25 year period (Titus and Domitian reigns).
Perhaps your variety has yet to be shown online.
I perfer not to think that it is other than authentic.
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its the real deal just can't find it anywhere hence putting it on here for the experts to hopefully help out
 

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How about this one:
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[FONT=&quot]Titus AR Denarius. Rome mint, 79 AD. IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Jewish captive kneeling right at base of trophy. RSC 274b
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Pwill,
Congrats on the apparent rarity of your find !!

"Titus minted quite a flurry of coins after his father Vespasian's death in June of 79 AD. Many are quite common and are a continuation of themes and types issued under Vespasian. The left facing portraits from this series are much scarcer than right facing.

A Judaea Capta type (or perhaps a reference to a British victory?), this left facing portrait of the type is rated R2 by RIC. Normally the left facing types were issued at ratio of 1:10 against right facing, this one seems to have been minted on an even smaller scale."
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Thanks Don for your help now to try and put a price on it
 

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Okay thanks don don't think it would be worth that much mate lol
 

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